Pleistocene archaeology and chronology of putslaagte 8 (PL8) Rockshelter, Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-98

  MacKay, Alex ^a   Jacobs, Zenobia ^a   Steele, Teresa E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fauna; Later Stone Age; Lithics; Middle Stone Age; OSL; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934757683     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/2191-5784-10267     Document Type: Article

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